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# SelectionKey

`public abstract class SelectionKey`
`extends Object` ``

java.lang.Object
↳ | java.nio.channels.SelectionKey

Known direct subclasses AbstractSelectionKey
AbstractSelectionKey | Base implementation class for selection keys.

A token representing the registration of a `SelectableChannel` with a `Selector`.

A selection key is created each time a channel is registered with a selector. A key remains valid until it is cancelled by invoking its `cancel` method, by closing its channel, or by closing its selector. Cancelling a key does not immediately remove it from its selector; it is instead added to the selector's cancelled-key set for removal during the next selection operation. The validity of a key may be tested by invoking its `isValid` method.

A selection key contains two operation sets represented as integer values. Each bit of an operation set denotes a category of selectable operations that are supported by the key's channel.

- The interest set determines which operation categories will be tested for readiness the next time one of the selector's selection methods is invoked. The interest set is initialized with the value given when the key is created; it may later be changed via the `interestOps(int)` method.

- The ready set identifies the operation categories for which the key's channel has been detected to be ready by the key's selector. The ready set is initialized to zero when the key is created; it may later be updated by the selector during a selection operation, but it cannot be updated directly.

That a selection key's ready set indicates that its channel is ready for some operation category is a hint, but not a guarantee, that an operation in such a category may be performed by a thread without causing the thread to block. A ready set is most likely to be accurate immediately after the completion of a selection operation. It is likely to be made inaccurate by external events and by I/O operations that are invoked upon the corresponding channel.

This class defines all known operation-set bits, but precisely which bits are supported by a given channel depends upon the type of the channel. Each subclass of `SelectableChannel` defines an `SelectableChannel#validOps()` method which returns a set identifying just those operations that are supported by the channel. An attempt to set or test an operation-set bit that is not supported by a key's channel will result in an appropriate run-time exception.

It is often necessary to associate some application-specific data with a selection key, for example an object that represents the state of a higher-level protocol and handles readiness notifications in order to implement that protocol. Selection keys therefore support the attachment of a single arbitrary object to a key. An object can be attached via the `attach` method and then later retrieved via the `attachment` method.

Selection keys are safe for use by multiple concurrent threads. The operations of reading and writing the interest set will, in general, be synchronized with certain operations of the selector. Exactly how this synchronization is performed is implementation-dependent: In a naive implementation, reading or writing the interest set may block indefinitely if a selection operation is already in progress; in a high-performance implementation, reading or writing the interest set may block briefly, if at all. In any case, a selection operation will always use the interest-set value that was current at the moment that the operation began.

See also:

- `SelectableChannel`
- `Selector`

## Summary

### Constants
`int` | `OP_ACCEPT` Operation-set bit for socket-accept operations.
`int` | `OP_CONNECT` Operation-set bit for socket-connect operations.
`int` | `OP_READ` Operation-set bit for read operations.
`int` | `OP_WRITE` Operation-set bit for write operations.

### Protected constructors
`SelectionKey()` Constructs an instance of this class.

### Public methods
`final Object` | `attach(Object ob)` Attaches the given object to this key.
`final Object` | `attachment()` Retrieves the current attachment.
`abstract void` | `cancel()` Requests that the registration of this key's channel with its selector be cancelled.
`abstract SelectableChannel` | `channel()` Returns the channel for which this key was created.
`abstract int` | `interestOps()` Retrieves this key's interest set.
`abstract SelectionKey` | `interestOps(int ops)` Sets this key's interest set to the given value.
`final boolean` | `isAcceptable()` Tests whether this key's channel is ready to accept a new socket connection.
`final boolean` | `isConnectable()` Tests whether this key's channel has either finished, or failed to finish, its socket-connection operation.
`final boolean` | `isReadable()` Tests whether this key's channel is ready for reading.
`abstract boolean` | `isValid()` Tells whether or not this key is valid.
`final boolean` | `isWritable()` Tests whether this key's channel is ready for writing.
`abstract int` | `readyOps()` Retrieves this key's ready-operation set.
`abstract Selector` | `selector()` Returns the selector for which this key was created.

### Inherited methods
From class `java.lang.Object`
`Object` | `clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean` | `equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void` | `finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>` | `getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int` | `hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void` | `notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void` | `notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String` | `toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void` | `wait(long timeout, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void` | `wait(long timeout)` Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
`final void` | `wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.

## Constants

### OP_ACCEPT

    public static final int OP_ACCEPT

Operation-set bit for socket-accept operations.

Suppose that a selection key's interest set contains `OP_ACCEPT` at the start of a selection operation. If the selector detects that the corresponding server-socket channel is ready to accept another connection, or has an error pending, then it will add `OP_ACCEPT` to the key's ready set and add the key to its selected-key set.

Constant Value: 16 (0x00000010)

### OP_CONNECT

    public static final int OP_CONNECT

Operation-set bit for socket-connect operations.

Suppose that a selection key's interest set contains `OP_CONNECT` at the start of a selection operation. If the selector detects that the corresponding socket channel is ready to complete its connection sequence, or has an error pending, then it will add `OP_CONNECT` to the key's ready set and add the key to its selected-key set.

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

### OP_READ

    public static final int OP_READ

Operation-set bit for read operations.

Suppose that a selection key's interest set contains `OP_READ` at the start of a selection operation. If the selector detects that the corresponding channel is ready for reading, has reached end-of-stream, has been remotely shut down for further reading, or has an error pending, then it will add `OP_READ` to the key's ready-operation set and add the key to its selected-key set.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

### OP_WRITE

    public static final int OP_WRITE

Operation-set bit for write operations.

Suppose that a selection key's interest set contains `OP_WRITE` at the start of a selection operation. If the selector detects that the corresponding channel is ready for writing, has been remotely shut down for further writing, or has an error pending, then it will add `OP_WRITE` to the key's ready set and add the key to its selected-key set.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

## Protected constructors

### SelectionKey

    protected SelectionKey ()

Constructs an instance of this class.

## Public methods

### attach

    public final Object attach (Object ob)

Attaches the given object to this key.

An attached object may later be retrieved via the `attachment` method. Only one object may be attached at a time; invoking this method causes any previous attachment to be discarded. The current attachment may be discarded by attaching `null`.

Parameters
`ob` | `Object`: The object to be attached; may be `null`

Returns
`Object` | The previously-attached object, if any, otherwise `null`

### attachment

    public final Object attachment ()

Retrieves the current attachment.

Returns
`Object` | The object currently attached to this key, or `null` if there is no attachment

### cancel

    public abstract void cancel ()

Requests that the registration of this key's channel with its selector be cancelled. Upon return the key will be invalid and will have been added to its selector's cancelled-key set. The key will be removed from all of the selector's key sets during the next selection operation.

If this key has already been cancelled then invoking this method has no effect. Once cancelled, a key remains forever invalid.

This method may be invoked at any time. It synchronizes on the selector's cancelled-key set, and therefore may block briefly if invoked concurrently with a cancellation or selection operation involving the same selector.

### channel

    public abstract SelectableChannel channel ()

Returns the channel for which this key was created. This method will continue to return the channel even after the key is cancelled.

Returns
`SelectableChannel` | This key's channel

### interestOps

    public abstract int interestOps ()

Retrieves this key's interest set.

It is guaranteed that the returned set will only contain operation bits that are valid for this key's channel.

This method may be invoked at any time. Whether or not it blocks, and for how long, is implementation-dependent.

Returns
`int` | This key's interest set

Throws
`CancelledKeyException` | If this key has been cancelled

### interestOps

    public abstract SelectionKey interestOps (int ops)

Sets this key's interest set to the given value.

This method may be invoked at any time. Whether or not it blocks, and for how long, is implementation-dependent.

Parameters
`ops` | `int`: The new interest set

Returns
`SelectionKey` | This selection key

Throws
`IllegalArgumentException` | If a bit in the set does not correspond to an operation that is supported by this key's channel, that is, if `(ops & ~channel().validOps()) != 0`
`CancelledKeyException` | If this key has been cancelled

### isAcceptable

    public final boolean isAcceptable ()

Tests whether this key's channel is ready to accept a new socket connection.

An invocation of this method of the form `k.isAcceptable()` behaves in exactly the same way as the expression

>     k.readyOps() & OP_ACCEPT != 0

If this key's channel does not support socket-accept operations then this method always returns `false`.

Returns
`boolean` | `true` if, and only if, `readyOps() & OP_ACCEPT` is nonzero

Throws
`CancelledKeyException` | If this key has been cancelled

### isConnectable

    public final boolean isConnectable ()

Tests whether this key's channel has either finished, or failed to finish, its socket-connection operation.

An invocation of this method of the form `k.isConnectable()` behaves in exactly the same way as the expression

>     k.readyOps() & OP_CONNECT != 0

If this key's channel does not support socket-connect operations then this method always returns `false`.

Returns
`boolean` | `true` if, and only if, `readyOps() & OP_CONNECT` is nonzero

Throws
`CancelledKeyException` | If this key has been cancelled

### isReadable

    public final boolean isReadable ()

Tests whether this key's channel is ready for reading.

An invocation of this method of the form `k.isReadable()` behaves in exactly the same way as the expression

>     k.readyOps() & OP_READ != 0

If this key's channel does not support read operations then this method always returns `false`.

Returns
`boolean` | `true` if, and only if, `readyOps() & OP_READ` is nonzero

Throws
`CancelledKeyException` | If this key has been cancelled

### isValid

    public abstract boolean isValid ()

Tells whether or not this key is valid.

A key is valid upon creation and remains so until it is cancelled, its channel is closed, or its selector is closed.

Returns
`boolean` | `true` if, and only if, this key is valid

### isWritable

    public final boolean isWritable ()

Tests whether this key's channel is ready for writing.

An invocation of this method of the form `k.isWritable()` behaves in exactly the same way as the expression

>     k.readyOps() & OP_WRITE != 0

If this key's channel does not support write operations then this method always returns `false`.

Returns
`boolean` | `true` if, and only if, `readyOps() & OP_WRITE` is nonzero

Throws
`CancelledKeyException` | If this key has been cancelled

### readyOps

    public abstract int readyOps ()

Retrieves this key's ready-operation set.

It is guaranteed that the returned set will only contain operation bits that are valid for this key's channel.

Returns
`int` | This key's ready-operation set

Throws
`CancelledKeyException` | If this key has been cancelled

### selector

    public abstract Selector selector ()

Returns the selector for which this key was created. This method will continue to return the selector even after the key is cancelled.

Returns
`Selector` | This key's selector

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